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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Communist rebels in the Philippines have fought one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies. Although less numerous and less violent than Muslim separatist rebels in the country's south, the Maoists have outlived successive Philippine administrations and held out against constant military and police offensives, relying on clandestine cells to pass on orders from exiled leaders....

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) -- After floods devastated pockets of south Louisiana, mental scars are already showing on the youngest victims of a disaster that prompted more than 30,000 rescues and left an estimated 40,000 homes damaged....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Flying across the Pacific on an Air Force jet bound for Beijing, first lady Hillary Clinton huddled deep into the night with a few aides and advisers, honing her speech for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's something about bulldozers and hard hats that brings a family together....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Add two fresh entries to the increasingly popular genre of non-apology apologies....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Andrea Lawful-Saunders has a ritual for cheering the black heroines of the Summer Olympics....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Paralympics will go ahead in Rio next month but organizers said Friday that deep budget cuts mean a venue will close down, facilities will be dismantled and the workforce will be reduced....

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Usain Bolt kneeled down and gave the track one final kiss, then flattened his hand, reached down and slapped the white number "3'' painted at the starting line....

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A court on Friday halted the execution of a Texas man who was scheduled to die for a fatal 1996 robbery in which he wasn't the person who pulled the trigger....